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<h3 class="section">14.9 Warning Messages and Error Messages</h3>

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<p>The GNU compiler can produce two kinds of diagnostics: errors and
warnings.  Each kind has a different purpose:
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<li><!-- /@w --> <em>Errors</em> report problems that make it impossible to compile your
program.  GCC reports errors with the source file name and line
number where the problem is apparent.

</li><li><!-- /@w --> <em>Warnings</em> report other unusual conditions in your code that
<em>may</em> indicate a problem, although compilation can (and does)
proceed.  Warning messages also report the source file name and line
number, but include the text &lsquo;<samp>warning:</samp>&rsquo; to distinguish them
from error messages.
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<p>Warnings may indicate danger points where you should check to make sure
that your program really does what you intend; or the use of obsolete
features; or the use of nonstandard features of GNU C or C++.  Many
warnings are issued only if you ask for them, with one of the <samp>-W</samp>
options (for instance, <samp>-Wall</samp> requests a variety of useful
warnings).
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<p>GCC always tries to compile your program if possible; it never
gratuitously rejects a program whose meaning is clear merely because
(for instance) it fails to conform to a standard.  In some cases,
however, the C and C++ standards specify that certain extensions are
forbidden, and a diagnostic <em>must</em> be issued by a conforming
compiler.  The <samp>-pedantic</samp> option tells GCC to issue warnings in
such cases; <samp>-pedantic-errors</samp> says to make them errors instead.
This does not mean that <em>all</em> non-ISO constructs get warnings
or errors.
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more detail on these and related command-line options.
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